1、Unit 3 Faster higher stronger.完形填空Its a sad reality that we find ourselves just too busy to contribute to our communities. For a long time, I, too, believed it cost too much in time, money and _1_ to make a real difference. But all that changed when I _2_ my gooddeedaday project.My daughter, Emily,
2、was my primary _3_. I wanted to show her we could do little things to help others, and be _4_.The first week, I wasnt sure if I could _5_ it. I surfed the Internet for ideas. One day, I _6_ a blind man in the subway station. He _7_ as he thanked me. Another day, I brought flowers from my garden to a
3、 _8_ nursing home. I could only hope I was arousing _9_ in others.After just a few days, I found it easier than Id expected. I knew I was making a _10_.Every evening, I _11_ that days good deed to Emily. Emily began _12_ what Id started. On a walk home from school, she _13_ to a neighbours pot of ge
4、raniums (天竺葵), which had toppled (摇晃) in the wind, and set it right. “That was my good deed for the day！” she yelled. Another day, she helped me collect _14_ from our neighbours for the food bank. We dropped off the food and, _15_ we drove away, Emily announced proudly that she wanted to work there
5、one day.本文为记叙文。作者长期以来认为自己太忙，无法花费太多的时间、金钱和精力为社区做出贡献，但是通过“日行一善”的计划，作者和女儿帮助了别人，也改变了自己。1A.energyBspaceCwisdomDsalary答案：A解析：考查名词辨析。依据上下文，我们许多人发现自己只是太忙，无法为我们的社区做出贡献。作者长期以来也认为这要花费太多的时间、金钱和精力(energy)。A.energy精力；B.space空间；C.wisdom智慧；D.salary薪水。故选A。2A.stoppedBstarted CforgotDremembered答案：B解析：考查动词辨析。依据上文，作者叙述自
6、己先前的看法在开始(started)了日行一善的计划之后发生了改变。A.stopped停止；B.started开始；C.forgot忘记；D.remembered记得。故选B。3A.donation BexpectationCcelebration Dinspiration答案：D解析：考查名词辨析。依据上下文，作者讲到自己日行一善的初衷是源于对子女的积极影响。I wanted to show her we could do little things to help others表明“影响女儿才是作者行善的源动力(primary inspiration)”。A.donation捐献；B.ex
7、pectation期待；C.celebration庆祝；D.inspiration动力。故选D。4A.lucky Bclever Chappy Dmerciful答案：C解析：考查形容词辨析。依据上下文，作者让女儿知道通过帮助别人可以获得幸福。A.lucky幸运的；B.clever聪明的；C.happy幸福的；D.merciful怜悯的。故选C。5A.get BmanageCput Dappreciate答案：B解析：考查动词辨析。依据上下文，作者开始自己日行一善的计划，第一周，自己不确定能否成功。manage it做成某事。A.get得到；B.manage设法；C.put放下；D.appre
8、ciate欣赏。故选B。6A.watched Bwaited Cguided Dordered答案：C解析：考查动词辨析。依据上下文，作者上网求助得到启发，开始帮助身边之所需。一天，领着(guided)一个盲人过地铁站。A.watched观察；B.waited等待；C.guided带领；D.ordered命令。故选C。7.A.smiled BsighedCfrowned Djumped答案：A解析：考查动词辨析。依据上下文，作者在地铁站帮助盲人，对方微笑(smiled)以表示感谢。A.smiled微笑；B.sighed叹气；C.frowned皱眉；D.jumped跳跃。故选A。8A.popul
9、ar BdistantCdeserted Dlocal答案：D解析：考查形容词辨析。依据上下文，作者叙述另一次行善活动，把自己园子里的花送给当地(local)的一家疗养院。文章开头contribute to our communities有暗示。A.popular受欢迎的；B.distant遥远的；C.deserted荒芜的；D.local当地的。故选D。9A.interest BmercyCawareness Dpraise答案：C解析：考查名词辨析。依据上下文，作者希望通过自己的行动唤起他人心中乐于助人的意识(awareness)。A.interest兴趣；B.mercy同情；C.awar
10、eness意识；D.praise赞扬。故选C。10A.discovery Bdifference Cmistake Dfortune答案：B解析：考查名词辨析。依据上下文，作者开始疑虑日行一善是否能成功，通过几天的实践后发现，日行一善要比预料的容易得多。自己也知道自己正在产生影响(make a difference)。A.discovery发现；B.difference不同；C.mistake错误；D.fortune财富，运气。故选B。11A.reminded BpointedCrecalled Ddescribed答案：D解析：考查动词辨析。作者晚上回家，把自己白天行善的事情描述(descr
11、ibed)给女儿听。A.reminded提醒；B.pointed指出；C.recalled回忆；D.described描述。故选D。12A.criticizing BsharingClaughing Dpraising答案：B解析：考查动词辨析。依据上下文，作者言传身教，对女儿产生影响，女儿Emily开始参与(share)到日行一善的活动中来。share (in) sth./have a share in sth./participate in sth. 分摊或分享某事物；参与某事物。A.criticizing批评；B.sharing分享；C.laughing嘲笑；D.praising表扬。故
12、选B。13A.marched over Bpulled overCturned over Dfell over答案：A解析：考查短语动词辨析。依据上下文，女儿受到鼓舞开始做善举，看到邻居家的花盆在风中摇摇欲坠，走上前去，伸手扶正。A.marched over走过去；B.pulled over靠边停车；C.turned over掀翻，打翻；D.fell over摔跤，跌倒。故选A。14A.money BvegetablesCdonations Dclothes答案：C解析：考查名词辨析。依据上下文，女儿受大人影响，也开始做好事。帮助妈妈收集社区邻居的捐赠(donations)。A.money钱；
13、B.vegetables蔬菜；C.donations捐赠；D.clothes衣物。故选C。15A.before BsinceCuntil Das答案：D解析：考查连词辨析。依据上下文，母女俩一起做好事，在开车离开时，女儿自豪地说将来要在这里工作。女儿因为帮助人而内心感到幸福自豪。故选D。.语法填空According to world health reports, the Japanese have lived _1_ (long) than any other people in recent years. Right now there are 36,276 Japanese people
14、 over the age of 100. This figure _2_ (increase) for the last forty years. It _3_ (expect) to reach nearly 1,000,000 in 2050. _4_ average, Japanese women can expect to live to the age of 86 and Japanese men can expect to the age of 79. Many people have asked what the secret of _5_ (they) long life i
15、s. Some scientists think that the Japanese receive the ability to live longer from their parents. Some people say the Japanese live longer because they have _6_ better diet than others. There are many other _7_ (factor) that may help them live longer. For one thing, the Japanese take more exercise t
16、han people from many other countries. Japan is a very safe place _8_ (live), and families and communities are often quite close, _9_ gives each Japanese person a lot of _10_ (comfortable) and support. Finally, the Japanese have a good health care system, and they often go to the doctor for small pro
17、blems that people in many other countries might not worry about.这是一篇说明文。近年来，日本人的寿命逐渐延长，分析其原因可能与遗传、饮食、锻炼、保健等有关。1longer 解析：考查形容词比较级。句意：根据世界健康报告，近年来，日本人的寿命比其他任何国家的人都长。根据than这个词，此处是日本人和其他国家的人做比较。故填longer。2has_increased 解析：考查时态。句意：在最近的40年中，这个数字有所增加。本句中有时间状语for the last forty years，故应用现在完成时，又因本句主语是This fi
18、gure，故填has increased。3is_expected 解析：考查时态和语态。句意：预计到2050年将达到近1 000 000。be expected to do是固定搭配，意为“期望/ 预计/有望做某事”，本句为一般现在时，又因本句主语是it，故填is expected。4On 解析：考查介词。句意：平均而言，日本女性的预期寿命为86岁，日本男性的预期寿命为79岁。固定搭配on average“平均”符合句意，故填On。5their 解析：考查代词。句意：许多人问他们长寿的秘诀是什么。形容词性物主代词修饰life作定语。故填their。6a 解析：考查冠词。句意：有人说日本人寿命
19、更长，是因为他们的饮食比其他人更好。diet为可数名词，本句表示泛指，应使用不定冠词，better是以辅音音素开头的单词。故填a。7factors 解析：考查可数名词。句意：还有许多其他因素可以帮助他们寿命更长。句中用到了factor(因素)，其为可数名词，因为前面有many other，所以要用复数。故填factors。8to_live 解析：考查非谓语动词。句意：日本是一个非常安全的生活场所，家庭和社区经常相距很近，这为每个日本人提供了很多安慰和支持。不定式短语to live作后置定语修饰place。故填to live。9which 解析：考查定语从句。句意：日本是一个非常安全的生活场所，家庭和社区经常相距很近，这为每个日本人提供了很多安慰和支持。定语从句中的关系代词指代前面整句话的意思，因有逗号隔开是非限制性定语从句，所以用which。故填which。10comfort 解析：考查名词。句意：日本是一个非常安全的生活场所，家庭和社区经常相距很近，这为每个日本人提供了很多安慰和支持。comfortable(舒服的)为形容词，应填入名词作give的宾语。故填comfort。